A Special Holiday Appeal for a Very Special Cause

A Special Holiday Appeal for a Very Special Cause

How You Can Help

By: Karen Lane
STC Fellow
Florida Chapter, STC

Mike Murray, STC Fellow and Florida Chapter Historian.

In last month’s newsletter, we told you about an exciting new initiative, inspired by STC Fellow and former chapter president Mike Murray: a self-perpetuating, permanently funded scholarship for the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders within the College of Health Professions and Sciences at the University of Central Florida.

Named the Mike Murray Make a Difference Scholarship, the fund will support graduate students in fields that are close to Mike’s heart. It is his fervent wish that his legacy will live on and that he will Make a Difference long past his lifetime.

Permanent funding for a scholarship is very simple and depends on only one thing: amassing enough money in the fund to start with so as to generate annual scholarships out of earnings instead of principal.

The founding donors got us partway there in November, but the scholarship fund will not be fully funded until it has reached $25,000. And that cannot happen without generous support from Mike’s colleagues and friends. He has helped so many over the decades of his career; now it’s time for us to help him achieve his lifelong goal.

Won’t you help by contributing as much as you can? The scholarship is part of the UCF Foundation, a 501(c)(3) entity, which means your donations are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. Consult your financial advisor if tax deductibility applies to you. For many people, this is an added bonus to donating, but for others the true reward is the knowledge that you are helping to make a funded-for-now scholarship become a funded-forever scholarship.

Please give generously. Donations before the end of the year count for the current tax year, but donations at any time in any amount are most welcome.

Information on how to donate—it’s very easy and can be done online—can be found at the end of the article on the UCF website announcing the new scholarship and republished in the November Memo to Members.

For those who have already read the article launching the scholarship, here’s what you need to know to make a holiday donation to help make the fund a permanent legacy to Mike’s lifelong outreach to others.

Fundraising Announcement from UCF

A fundraising effort is currently underway to endow the Fund in perpetuity by December 31, 2019. It is currently 60 percent of the way to the threshold for endowment.

Contributions to the Mike Murray Make a Difference Scholarship Fund can be made via check to the UCF Foundation at 12424 Research Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826, or by credit card at ucffoundation.org/MikeMurray.

The UCF Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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